Bioconcentration factors and lipid solubility

Journal Article · Fri Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1991 · Environmental Science and Technology; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/es00015a024· OSTI ID:5477424

Banerjee, S ^[1]; Baughman, G L ^[2]

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1. Institute of Paper Science and Technology, Atlanta, GA (USA)
2. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Athens, GA (USA)

The log-log relationship between bioconcentration and hydrophobicity breaks down for several medium and high molecular weight solutes that bioconcentrate either to a small extent or not at all. Much of the failure is attributed to the relatively low solubility of these compounds in lipid. Inclusion of a term in octanol solubility (in place of lipid solubility, which is generally unavailable) considerably improves the quality of the relationship (r = 0.95). It is speculated that the octanol solubility term compensates for the relatively low solubility of large compounds in lipid.

• OSTI ID: 5477424
• Journal Information: Environmental Science and Technology; (USA), Vol. 25:3; ISSN 0013-936X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
BIOLOGICAL ACCUMULATION
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
OCTANOLS
DATA ANALYSIS
LIPIDS
SOLUTES
ALCOHOLS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
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